On 17th October I headed up to Wells for some birding (more about that towards the end of this post in my birding diary). One moth seen, an Angle Shades, and some curious yellow fungi. Turns out, I think, that they're Yellow Stagshorn - apparently very common though I don't recall seeing them before.

Yellow Stagshorn, Wells, 17th October

That evening was my last before heading off to Cornwall for a week. The trap contained Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana, 5 Narrow-winged Greys Eudonia angustea, Mallow, Common Marbled Carpet, 8 November Moths, 3 Black Rustics, Yellow-line Quaker, Brown-spot Pinion, 2 Beaded Chestnuts, Lunar Underwing, Barred Sallow, 2 Sallows and Rosy Rustic. Also a worn Pine/Grey Pine Carpet - the upperwing pattern was somewhat intermediate in that it showed a substantial dent in the orangey cross-bar but not quite as long and pointed as I'd expect on Pine Carpet. Pretty sure it was Grey Pine as on Pine the inner edge of the cross-bar seems to extend more sharply towards the base of the wing as it approaches the costa, and of course Grey Pine is more likely. You're not meant to be able to do Grey Pine vs. Spruce on genitalia but I don't know about Grey Pine vs. Pine (the upperwing pattern is normally sufficient). This one was a female and I've not found sufficient reference material on female genitalia of these to determine it for certain.